European Border Breakers Awards: Milow (Belgium) wins the first ever Public Choice EBBA in Groningen

The video of the European Border Breakers Awards 2010

[oeacvideo] type='text/javascript' src='/culture/video/jw_player.js' [ceacvideo] [/eacvideo] [oeacvideo] type='text/javascript' [ceacvideo] var s1 = new SWFObject('/culture/video/jw_player.swf','player','520','270','9'); s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); s1.addParam('wmode','opaque'); s1.addParam('flashvars','file=/culture/video/ebba_playlist_en.xmleacvideoandplaylist=lefteacvideoandplaylistsize=150eacvideoandbackcolor=cccccc'); s1.write('cultureebba'); [/eacvideo] Milow from Belgium won the first ever Public Choice Award which he was presented by the European Commission. EBBA WINNERS 2010 This year 10 winners of the 2010 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBAs) received their awards in a glittering live show which was presented by the famous musician and TV personality Jools Holland and last year's EBBA winner Ida Corr in Groningen, the Netherlands on the opening night of the Eurosonic/Noorderslag festival on 14 January 2010.

The show was attended by 1200 people together with HRH Princess Máxima of the Netherlands and representatives of the European Commission and it will be broadcast on television throughout Europe in the coming week. In an online vote the EBBA winner Milow (from Belgium) was chosen by the public as the winner of the 2010 Public Choice Award. Milow was presented his award by Vladimir Sucha, director of Culture, Multilinguism and Communication in the European Commission.

The 2010 EBBA winners are: Milow “Milow” – Belgium Charlie Winston “Hobo” – United Kingdom Peter Fox “Stadtaffe” – Germany Soap & Skin “Lovetune for Vacuum” – Austria Kerli “Love Is Dead” – Estonia Jenny Wilson “Hardships” – Sweden Buraka Som Sistema “Black Diamond” – Portugal Sliimy “Paint Your Face” – France Esmee Denters “Outta Here” – The Netherlands Giusy Ferreri “Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me” – Italy

The European Border Breaker Awards: http://www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu

European Commission Culture -  European Border Breaker Award: /culture/our-programmes-and-actions/european-border-breakers-awards_en.xml

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